tsíimin kʼáakʼ

Yucatec Maya

Alternative forms

• tsimin kʼaakʼ (obsolete)

Etymology

tsíimin (“horse”) + kʼáakʼ (“fire”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌt͡síːmin ˈkʼáːkʼ]

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Noun

tsíimin kʼáakʼ

1. (transport, railway) train
   • 2011, Marga Beatriz Aguilar Montejo, “U x-waáyilo’ob X-Letra”, in T’aan: Narrativa, Poesía y Dramaturgia, Secretaría de Educación del Estado de Yucatán, page 79:

     Uts tin wich in wilik bix u tíip’il u ni’ le tsíimin k’áak’o’ tu chumukil k’áax nojoch ku yila’al.

     I like to see the nose of the train when it appears in the middle of the forest, it looks big.

References

• Barrera Vásquez, Alfredo et al. (1980) Diccionario maya Cordemex: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), Mérida: Ediciones Cordemex, page 862: “TSIMIN KʼAAKʼ”
• Gómez Navarrete, Javier A. (2009) Diccionario Introductorio Español-Maya, Maya-Español‎^[1] (in Spanish), Chetumal: Universidad de Quintana Roo, archived from the original on 2010-10-11, page 177: “TSÍIMIN K’ÁAK’”